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PM Modi, US President Biden urge Pakistan to ensure its territory is not u
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Pakistan to make sure that its territory is not used to launch extremist attacks, the White House said in a joint statement on Thursday, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan Railways Employees protest against salary delay
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan Railways Employees (PREM) Union (CBA) protested at the diesel engine shed in Lahore against the delay in the current month's salary payment. They added, "Only a few days are left until Eidul-Adha,' The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan: Court grants bail to former Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been granted bail in a local court on Tuesday on the charges registered against him over attacks on sensitive state installations following May 9, The Express Tribune reported.
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IMF asks Pakistan to follow Constitution to resolve political disputes
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The discussion between Shehbaz and Georgieva took place on Saturday after the finance ministry could not break the deadlock over the loan talks during the past four months, The Express Tribune wrote quoting sources. Two days after the highest-level contact was established between Shehbaz
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Slowing wheels of economy responsible for falling incomes in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
It is impossible to overstate the financial difficulties Pakistani citizens have been facing, and a significant factor heightening the uncertainty is the elusive IMF deal that has been under negotiation since the Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government took office in April of last year, The
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In jolt to Imran Khan, founding member quits Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding member and former Sindh governor Imran Ismail on Saturday resigned from all party positions in another major blow to Imran Khan which landed the party in trouble following the May 9 riots, The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan government may unveil fiscally expansionary budget of around Rs 1
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Sources told The Express Tribune that for the fiscal year 2023-24, the budget deficit, the gap between expenses and income, is estimated at around 7.4 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
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Pakistan's friends concerned over increasing political instability in coun
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Diplomatic sources familiar with the development told The Express Tribune that China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in particular are worried about the deteriorating political stability in Pakistan.
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China trying to broker 'workable solution' between Pakistan, Taliban on ba
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Among the issues on the agenda included the terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan. While Pakistan is concerned over the presence of TTP and its affiliates, China wants the Afghan Taliban to neutralise the threat posed by East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), reported The Express Tribune.
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Drug use by students in Pakistan's Sindh, a cause of concern
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Sindh Assembly Standing Committee on Home Department recently decided to establish a task force to tackle drug use in educational institutions across the province, Pakistan based The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
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Unprecedented shortage of wheat may lead to anarchy in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Pakistani media is filled with tragic stories of chaos and stampedes in markets coming from several areas covering all the provinces. As per a recent report in the prominent Pakistani newspaper 'The Express Tribune', thousands flock to the markets and spend hours every day for the subsid
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Pakistan: Economic uncertainty shrinks Eid-related spending by 40 pc
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a report in The Express Tribune, the amount spent on Eid in 2023 was around PKR 432 billion, which was the lowest amount in ten years. This is significantly less than the previous high of PKR 1.1 trillion in 2018 and even less than the PKR 480 billion spent in 2021 amid the Covi
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